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Identification |
Official Latin term | nomen macula |
Official subsidiary term | word macula |
Unit identifier | TAH:U12313 |
Unit type | vocabulary |
Materiality | non physical entity |
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Taxonomic definition |
Taxonomic definition | The word macula is a word of material entity [nomen rei corporeae ] which denotes a spot or thikening at the surface of an organ component [componens organi ]. |
Documentation |
The word macula. This word has a general meaning and denotes relatively different entities visible at the surface of some organ components.The macula lutea is visible as a yellow spot in the retina. It is a concentration of cones where the resolution is maximal.The maculae of the endolymphatic duct are the location where the specific fibers of the vestibulochlear nerve are concentrated to sense the horizontal and vertical accelerations.The macula cribrosa is a macula located in the vestibule of the internal ear and sudivided into three parts corresponding to the three bony ampullae. These maculae are the locations of specific fibers from the vestibular nerve.There are other maculae in the human body, not necessarily all enumerated in the present version of the terminology. |
Vocabulary for 12313 |
nomen macula
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By noun |
macula
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6969/NFMB pair |
macula lutea retinae
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7257/NFMB pset |
macula cribrosa labyrinthi ossei
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7258/NFMB pair |
macula cribrosa superior
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7259/NFMB pair |
macula cribrosa media
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7260/NFMB pair |
macula cribrosa inferior
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7327/NFMB pset |
macula ductus endolymphatici
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7328/NFMB pair |
macula utriculi
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7329/NFMB pair |
macula sacculi
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7784/NFMB single |
macula cellularis granulationis arachnoideae
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By adjective |
macularis
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6989/AFMB pair |
arteriola macularis superior
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6990/AFMB pair |
arteriola macularis inferior
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6991/AFMB pair |
arteriola macularis media
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6996/AFMB pair |
venula macularis superior
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6997/AFMB pair |
venula macularis inferior
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6998/AFMB pair |
venula macularis media
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Number of occurrences |
15 items
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Taxonomy |
Date: 24.06.2022 |